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Peer-to-Peer Dialogue

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Questions Learning Objectives

What are the risk factors that would lead a prudent practitioner to consider thromboprophylaxis?

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CME Activity Expires: July 31, 2010
 
What are the most pertinent guidelines for patients at risk for VTE and how have the recommendations changed?

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CME Activity Expires: August 31, 2010
 

What is the state of the art in thromboprophylaxis? Are there new clinical findings of relevance? What is the optimal protocol for patients in each risk category?

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CME Activity Expires: September 30, 2010
 

What are the individual barriers to appropriate thromboprophylaxis? (eg, lack of familiarity with guidelines, lack of information about therapeutic agents, fear of bleeding, underestimation of risk, etc)
 
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CME Activity Expires: October 31, 2010
 

What are the major hospital institutional barriers to appropriate VTE prophylaxis?

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CME Activity Expires: November 30, 2010
 

What methods can be used to overcome institutional barriers to appropriate VTE prophylaxis? (which hospitals have changed their standard practices, what led to these changes, what has been the impact on patient outcomes)
 
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CME Activity Expires: December 31, 2010
 
Applying the appropriate
thromboprophylaxis in patients at risk for VTE

What management strategies are available for thromboprophylaxis and which patients benefit most from each? What are the risks of these therapies?

Activity expired October 31, 2009. CME credit no longer available.
 


What emerging therapies are in development for thromboprophylaxis and how are they expected to improve patient care? What are the anticipated risks of these therapies?
 
Activity expired November 30, 2009. CME credit no longer available.
 


What is the best strategy to follow patients at risk for VTE? By what methods and for how long should they be monitored? How long should anticoagulant therapy be given?

Activity expired December 31, 2009. CME credit no longer available.
 

Identifying which patients are at risk for VTE
and who should receive thromboprophylaxis

What are the physiological circumstances that predispose for VTE?
 
Activity expired August 31, 2009. CME credit no longer available.
 


What are the criteria for VTE risk and what information should be gathered to assess the risk?

Activity expired September 30, 2009. CME credit no longer available.
 


How can VTE guidelines be utilized to improve patient care? How should VTE risk awareness be raised?
 
Activity expired September 30, 2009. CME credit no longer available.